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This rainbow wedding combined wrestling and The Princess Bride!

This wedding is the culmination of a marriage between wrestling, rainbow colors, and The Princess Bride… oh and these two cuties. With rainbow meets books centerpieces, rainbow bouquets, and a wrestling-themed cake, where can it go wrong? It certainly didn’t go wrong during their grand entrance with championship belts. Go see!

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Octopodes and whales abound at Catie & Mikhail’s vegan aquarium wedding

This wedding was allergy-friendly, non-alcoholic, wheelchair-accessible, vegan, and fragrance-free, so everyone was able to feel comfortable. And who wouldn’t want to when you’re surrounded by ocean details, giant whales, octopodes, and a super adorable wedding party. Don’t miss how the bride’s father honored her at the reception!

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8 body-positive tips for plus size brides

Being plus sized (or fat — I like the word fat) can add an extra layer of pressure onto the normally stressful stuff of life. But let’s lay all of that stuff out on the line right here and now. I want to give you my body-positive plus size bride advice. These eight tips will save you tons of stress and help to make your special day actually special instead of stressful…

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Red and black rockabilly for days at Jessica & Tim’s wedding

DIYed centerpieces never looked so fine with red and black accents. Add in the rockabilly fashion, the custom Converse, gorgeous high-ceiling venue, and hand-painted wine ceremony box, and you’ve got a modern chic rockabilly vibe. Don’t miss the last-minute cake cutting tool and the sweet, emotional flower girl. Tears!

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A unicorn wedding ceremony script with coinflip vows

Our officiant wrote most of our ceremony, and really knocked it out of the park. But my partner and I each picked out a reading, and I took a bunch of Daily Odd Compliments and put them together in a way that flowed. Then we wrote the unity ceremony part, and used a unity ceremony we found here on Offbeat Bride. I’m mostly in love with it, so I want to share it with you…

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Skulls and pugs and top hats oh my at Julia & Max’s wedding

Candy skulls, skulls on ties, skulls on ties on pugs… this wedding has a bit of goth in it, a bit of hilarity, and a bit of “oh yes please.” Do not miss the bride’s amazing black and white dress, fabulous top hat, and super realistic bone-heeled shoes. There’s also one spoiled little pug who totally knows how to rock his skull tie. You don’t want to miss it.